Size and scale of work (relationship to person and/or frame and/or context)

Elements or general shapes (architectural structural system) within the composition, including building of post-lintel construction or painting with several figures lined up in a row; identification of objects

Description of axis whether vertical, diagonal, horizontal, etc.

Description of line, including contour as soft, planar, jagged, etc.

Description of how line describes shape and space (volume); distinguish between lines of objects and lines of composition, e.g., thick, thin, variable, irregular, intermittent, indistinct, etc.

Relationships between shapes, e.g., large and small, overlapping, etc.

Description of color and color scheme = palette

Texture of surface or other comments about execution of work

Context of object: original location and date

Analysis = determining what the features suggest and deciding why the artist used such features to convey specific ideas.

It answers the question, “How did the artist do it?” The various elements that constitute analysis include: